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Three Chords and the Truth By Ronnie Narmour ronnienarmour@gmail.com
Cody Angel…
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blacktopGYPSY… Another scalding show I need to mention was the blacktopGYPSY (Ft. Worth, TX) performance at the Back Porch on Friday. This six piece band boasts three beautifully talented ladies up front in the way of Andie Kay Joyner (lead vocals and acoustic guitar), Heather Stalling (fiddle, acoustic guitar and vocals) and Darcy Starcher (background vocals). They have the power of a locomotive and the grace of a gazelle. During their spectacular performance, I kept thinking F IDella N E Mae A R(Boston, T back to the MA) show a couple of months ago and realized I was going 749-2388 to have(361) to eat my words… as magnificent as www.feldergallery.com Della Mae is and as magnificent as their live
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blacktopGYPSY played the Back Porch last Friday. show at the Porch was, blacktopGYPSY took it to the next level. Heather Stalling has star quality written all over her. Their harmonies were angelic… the musicianship flawless and uplifting. I’m convinced this band is destined for “the bigs”… really impressive.
Max Stalling/ Independent Thieves…
The Independent Thieves played Shorty’s last Friday. I also caught shows last weekend by the rockin’ Americana act Mike McClure (Stillwater, OK) at the Third Coast Theater, the smooth as silk Texas country of Max Stalling (Ft. Worth, TX) at the Back Porch and a tight little string band from Corpus, the Independent Thieves (Corpus Christi, TX) at Shorty’s. The Max Stalling show was so packed that we stood on the porch over at Woody’s rather than fight the crowd. Stalling appears to be getting the recognition he so deserves. Everything about the guy is first class. I also really enjoyed the Independent Thieves. They are a young string band consisting of fiddle, mandolin and guitar with spot on three part harmonies. Definitely keep an eye out for these fellows. They’ll be playing Shorty’s about once a month.
DO NOT MISS LIST Sharkey’s announces concert series… Sharkey’s in Port A has announced a handful of big shows in August and through Labor Day Weekend. The Fabulous Thunderbirds (Aug. 3), the Joe Ely Band (Aug. 10), Cory Morrow (Aug. 24), Jack Ingram (Aug. 31) and Los Lonely Boys (Sept. 2). According to Sharkey’s owner, Glenda McCormick, all of the shows will be outdoors behind the club and will start at 6:30 p.m. More to come…
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THE K YDELLS JULY 19-21
Cody Angel played Giggity’s with a stage full of special guests. And the “word of the day” is SCALDING. It applies to every show I attended this weekend, as well as the temperatures I endured in the process. It started at the Back Porch on Thursday when Cody Angel hit town and set the pace for the weekend. He’s been away at college in West Texas and now finds himself one busy young man. But to his credit, he’s spent his time productively becoming quite proficient on pedal steel and has picked up a good bit of road work around Texas and Oklahoma… most recently with the Okie red dirt outfit, The Damn Quails (they’ll be here at the Third Coast Theater on August 17 but without Cody on this gig). A little weary of country and the road, Cody told me it was great to get back home to the island and play some blues for a change. At the Porch gig he had his mentors, Antone Perez (drums) and Mike Guerra (bass) in tow and it was a nice homecoming…but the real fireworks started when he took his show over to Giggity’s on Saturday night. He still had Antone playing drums but Art Galvan picked up bass duties and somewhere along the way our old friend, Tommy Robinson (the master sax player from Austin a là W.C. Clark, The Cobras, etc, etc) dropped in with his ax along with some 15 year old kid from Austin named Dave North (with Malford Milligan and Van Wilks credentials) and the show suddenly became, well… SCALDING. Cody did his best to take the youngster to school, but the kid hung tough. I mean Cody is only 21, but it was amazing how good this new kid was. Needless to say, Cody set the bar plenty high but the kid rocked back every time… Cody couldn’t seem to stump him. I kept thinking back to when Cody was the 16 year old wunderkind blowing everyone’s minds. I guess there’s always a faster/younger gun out there. But one thing young Angel knows, it’s not the number of notes you play, it’s how you play them. It was great to see my little brother back in town. It was also a very special treat to have Tommy Robinson grace the Giggity’s stage. I really dig where the music’s going over there.
Melissa Brooke will Josh Weathers will play Giggity’s this play the Back Porch on Friday. Friday. Melissa Brooke, The Kydells, Josh Weathers… Here are my recommendations for this weekend: On Thursday, July 18th, Three Way Street will bring their boot scootin’ country show to Giggity’s; the always fun Free Beer Band will be at the Tarpon Ice House; Scarecrow People will be at the Back Porch; and Bart Crow and Pear Ratz will be at Brewster Street. On Friday, July 19th, our local island darling, Melissa Brooke, will be at Giggity’s, Ruben Limas will be at Shorty’s, Bri Bagwelll will be at the South Texas Ice House, the Kydells (Austin, TX) will be at the Tarpon Ice House, and Josh Weathers (Ft. Worth, TX) will be at the Back Porch. The Kydells are a band that plays a kind of hybrid country, blues, Texas roadhouse and Appalachian blue grass with amazing harmonies. This is definitely a DO NOT MISS show in the same vein as the Shoemaker Brothers. They will also be at the Ice House on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Josh Weathers is a blue-eyed soul act I first saw at the Rockport Music Festival last spring. This man is impressive… Delbert McClinton impressive. I’ve been waiting for this show to roll around for a long time. Don’t miss!
Todd Dorn, Kathy Murray, Dirty River Boys…
going back to the 70’s with her band Kathy and the Kilowatts. Any of you women out there who think you can sing some blues, need to come to school at Shorty’s on Saturday. This lady will blow your socks off. And finally on Saturday, the incredible Dirty River Boys make their island debut. I first saw this band about a year ago at Brewster Street on a bill with the Wheeler Brothers and Uncle Lucius and was completely blown away by them. They had two guys on lead vocals, Nino Cooper and Marco Gutierrez. Both of them also played guitar, harmonica and mandolin. Cooper was about four feet tall (I’m not exaggerating) and was incredible. His guitar looked huge on his little torso. He has a gifted voice that was both beautiful and forceful. Gutierrez sang hard and
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passionately. The stand-up bass player, Colton James, looked like a character from an old time cowboy movie. He had his jeans tucked in his boots and a toothpick in his mouth and would play his full size bass like a guitar on his knee. At times all of the players would switch instruments and play with equal precision and fervor. It was an amazing thing to watch… like a three ring circus. The drummer, Travis Stearns, was especially wild and played a cajon (box hand drum), snare and tambourine (only), but he did so with the intensity of a whirling Dervish on steroids. I know I gush about a lot of bands, but these guys really moved me. Trust me and DO NOT MISS THE DIRTY RIVER BOYS!!! They get my pick of the Kathy Murray will week.
On Saturday, July 20th. Todd Dorn and the Sea Drifters return to Giggity’s; Kathy Murray and Bill “Monster” Jones will be at Shorty’; and the Dirty River Boys (El Paso, TX) will be at the Back Porch. Kathy play Shorty’s this Murray is an Austin blues icon, Saturday night.
And that’s the truth!
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Saturday, July 20.. continued
Grassfire @ Coffee Waves Ruben Limas @ Fins Three Way Street @ Giggity’s Summer Sickness Free Beer Band @ Tour @ House of Vampires Welcome Tarpon Ice House Rock Mon-Sat Scarecrow People @ Metal Shop @ 10am2am Back Porch Sun Brewster Street Danny B. Harvey, Noon- 2am Buster Jiggs @ Devil’s Daughter @ Executive Surf Club Ray T & the House of Rock Jody Booth @ City Crew Bart Crow, Pear Ratz South Texas Ice Every Friday @ Brewster Street House Kevin Hill @ Palacios Brothers @ Scuttlebutt’s Dr. Rockits Kevin Hill @ Friday, July 19 Scuttlebutt’s LIVE MUSIC EVERY SUNDAY 4-7 Melissa Brooke @ Scarecrow People July 18 Giggity’s Josh Weathers July 19 Sunday, July 21 Josh Weathers @ Dirty River Boys July 20 Open Jam w/ Uel Little Wolf July 25 Back Porch Jackson @ Tarpon Clay McClinton July 26 Ruben Limas @ Ice House Gary P. Nunn July 27 Shorty’s Antone & the All 132 W. Cotter Port Aransas,TX Ray T & the City Stars @ Giggity’s Crew @ The Flats The Kydells @ Lounge Tarpon Ice House The Kydells @ Tumble Dry Low Tarpon Ice House @ Bernie’s Beach David & Barbara House Brown @ Coffee Ruben Limas July 19 Open Jam @ Waves Kathy Murray July 20 Neptune’s Raeanne & the Ride July 26 Billy Snipes @ Fins John Eric Open Mic Joe Mack July 27 ASF, Carmine @ @ South Texas Ice Brett Mussey Aug. 2 House of Rock House Texas Sand Aug. 3 Another Level @ Green Party @ Dr. OPEN Till 2am • 823 Tarpon St. Port Aransas Brewster Street Rockits Trysum @ Executive Michael Burtts @ Surf Club Scuttlebutt’s Steven James & Shakedown @ Dr. Monday, July 22 Rockits Mike Williams @ Bri Bagwell @ South Tarpon Ice House Texas Ice House Open Mic @ Coffee Robert Brown @ Waves Scuttlebutt’s Justin Estes Band @ Dr. Rockits Saturday, July 20 John Eric @ Dirty River Boys @ Scuttlebutt’s Back Porch Keepers Todd Dorn @ July 23 Giggity’s Horace Caldwell Pier Tuesday, Open Mic @ House Kathy Murray & Bill (361) 749 - 5333 of Rock Jones @ Shorty’s Fishing, Pole Rentals, Beer, Green Party @ Dr. The Kydells @ Burgers, Wings Rockits Tarpon Ice House Kevin Hill @ Scarecrow People Scuttlebutt’s @ Handsome Sailor Yacht Club
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